Exegesis and Hermeneutics

An Accessible Guide to Biblical Interpretation by Pastor Jon Nielson A faithful believer will spend their lifetime interpreting God’s word. But whe...

With his characteristically engaging writing style that couples detailed exegesis with philosophical meditation, professor and author T.A. Perry in...

Interpreting Scripture brings together N. T. Wright's most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics over the last two decades. Here is a ri...

How can we read the text of Scripture well, rightly, and faithfully? Theologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer believes the two greatest challenges in developi...

After laying the necessary foundation, Let the Reader Understand provides examples of how, and how not, to interpret Scripture. It suggests ways to...

The Scriptures are an essential aspect of the Christian faith. But we have often equated them with the living Word Himself, even elevating them abo...

Whether people realize it or not, the ideas in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 have had a huge impact on the role of Christian women in the church through th...

What do we do with the Bible? Does this ancient, sometimes violent and contradictory text have anything to teach us today? Selective use of Scriptu...

This deeply researched and vibrantly illustrated overview of the Bible clearly sets out the grand narrative of scripture. By linking each of its m...

Taking a radical new approach to second-century theology, Ancient Apologetic Exegesis examines the work of St Theophilus of Antioch, with a full un...

In this thoroughly revised edition of a classic in spirituality, Walter Brueggemann guides the reader into a thoughtful and moving encounter with t...

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to observe carefully, understand accurately, evaluate fairly, feel appropriately, act rightly, and e...

This comprehensive, conversational book is for anyone who wants to understand and apply the Bible—and the New Testament in particular—in a responsi...

Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, now in its third edition, is a bestselling hermeneutics textbook that sets forth concise, logical, and pra...

Luke was so unlike the other New Testament writers that many of his contemporaries believed he wasn’t qualified to write Scripture at all. But to u...

The apostle Paul was kind of a jerk. He was arrogant and stubborn. He called his opponents derogatory, racist names. He legitimized slavery and si...

Scholars from biblical studies and theology have recently been engaged in various ways in the project of theological interpretation of Scripture. T...

The best stories subtly weave themes and characters and symbols into a stunning final tapestry. This Old Testament survey, written for family and c...

Seeing the Text  integrates language study with theories and methods of interpretation. The purpose of the book is to help students increase their ...

Let's face it. Just the word exegesis puts some of us on edge. We are excited about learning to interpret the Bible, but the thought of exegetical ...

Reading Scripture anew, the authors contend, is each time an exercise of power. It is always invested in ideology, whether spoken or unspoken. By...

In Scripting Jesus, Michael White, famed scholar of early Christian history, reveals how the gospel stories of Jesus were never meant to be straigh...

Money and wealth were as much an obsession in Biblical times as they are today, be it taxes, overturning tables in the temple, passing through the ...

For thirty years, James Crenshaw's Old Testament Wisdom has been the premier introduction to the wisdom books of the Old Testament. That tradition ...

A masterly exposition of Paul's thought by one of his leading contemporary interpreters. The summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book o...

A fresh look at the Bible from the analytical and rational perspective of a scientist, this book tackles the big themes of the Bible and the questi...

The resurrection accounts are not only about God's triumph over evil and death. They are also stories of encounter with God - the recovery of that ...

In Christmas the Original Story Margaret Barker explores the nature of the Christmas stories and the nature and use of Old Testament prophecy. Begi...

This Lent book will explore biblical stories and characters that exemplify a whole range of relationships, in good times and bad. Relationships wil...